Private AI engagements with
clear scope, timeline, and pricing.
Every engagement starts with Discovery, ends with a fixed-fee project quote, and is structured so legal, operations, and leadership can review what they are buying.
Standard AI tools fail legal and operational review for organizations with sensitive data. Every service below is built to meet the controls that regulated work requires.
Faster internal retrieval
Find answers across policies, files, manuals, and reports without sending documents to shared AI infrastructure.
Less repetitive work
Automate repetitive drafting, classification, and routing work in a controlled deployment environment.
Approval-ready deployment
Move from “interesting AI idea” to a system with scope, controls, ownership terms, and implementation logic.
How we charge
All work — Discovery, project delivery, and retainer overages — is billed at the following rates. Project quotes are fixed-fee, derived from an agreed hour estimate confirmed before work begins.
System design, architecture decisions, compliance documentation, client-facing work, complex troubleshooting.
RAG pipeline configuration, API integration, hardware installation, system testing, deployment work.
Staff training sessions, user documentation, SOW write-up, compliance documentation drafting.
Private AI Discovery Package
Required before any project contract is signed. No system can be scoped or priced accurately without understanding your actual workflows, data environment, and success criteria.
Free Scoping Call — 1 hour
We determine whether a confidential AI system is the right fit for your organization and identify the appropriate Discovery scope. No charge. No commitment.
Discovery — fixed scope, billed at hourly rates
A fixed hour estimate is agreed before the session begins. Discovery fees are not credited against the project total — Discovery is a billable engagement in its own right. Its output has standalone value whether or not you proceed.
| Knowledge Assistant scope | 8–12 hrs |
| Workflow Automation scope | 16–24 hrs |
| Full Deployment scope | 32–56 hrs |
Discovery deliverables
A written Scope of Work containing:
- ✓ Use-case definitions and priority ranking
- ✓ Hour estimate by workstream
- ✓ Hardware specification (if on-premise)
- ✓ Deployment model recommendation
- ✓ Measurable success criteria
- ✓ Fixed-fee project quote
- ✓ Proposed timeline
Discovery gives your internal stakeholders something concrete to review instead of a vague AI pitch.
Architecture, deployment model, implementation phases, and budget range converted into a fixed-fee quote.
Operations, IT, legal, and leadership can evaluate cost, risk, and expected business outcome before build starts.
Project Delivery
Indicative ranges based on typical engagements. Actual quote is fixed-fee, produced by Discovery.
Your AI. Not ChatGPT's.
Every AKYB deployment is a private LLM — a large language model running exclusively for your organization, on hardware or infrastructure you control. Your queries and documents are never sent to OpenAI, Microsoft, or any shared cloud. This is the foundation every tier below is built on.
Staff retrieve answers from internal documents in seconds. Knowledge stays accessible when personnel changes.
- ✓ Discovery session + SOW
- ✓ Document ingestion & RAG deployment
- ✓ Plain-English chat interface
- ✓ Full staff training session
- ✓ 60-day post-deployment support
- ✓ On-premise hardware available (quoted separately)
The 1–2 workflows where staff spend the most time on repetitive cognitive work are automated — consistently and auditably.
- ✓ All Knowledge Assistant deliverables
- ✓ AI fine-tuning on your templates
- ✓ Automated workflow triggers
- ✓ API integration with existing tools
- ✓ Multi-round testing with your team
- ✓ 90-day post-deployment support
AI as an operational layer. Multiple use cases, enterprise integrations, full compliance documentation.
- ✓ All Workflow Automation deliverables
- ✓ Multi-use-case deployment
- ✓ Enterprise platform integration
- ✓ Role-based access & full audit trail
- ✓ HIA/PIPA compliance documentation
- ✓ 6-month dedicated support
Best for: teams that lose time searching documents, procedures, files, and internal knowledge.
Typical timeline: 2-4 weeks
ROI logic: faster retrieval, fewer interruptions, less dependency on tribal knowledge.
Best for: teams repeating the same document, classification, drafting, or routing work every week.
Typical timeline: 4-8 weeks
ROI logic: reduced repetitive labor, higher consistency, better auditability of internal processes.
Best for: organizations that need multiple use cases, integrations, access controls, and stronger governance.
Typical timeline: 8-16 weeks
ROI logic: one controlled AI layer across multiple workflows instead of fragmented experiments.
Same architecture pattern.
Different operational context.
AKYB works across multiple sectors by solving the same core problem: organizations need AI for internal work, but the deployment must match the sensitivity of their data and operating environment.
| Sector | Typical sensitive data | Common AI use case | Typical deployment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law firms | Client files, research, privileged communications | Matter retrieval, internal knowledge search, first-draft assistance | On-prem or client infrastructure |
| Healthcare clinics | Procedures, forms, internal guidance, health information | Knowledge assistant, internal admin guidance, controlled workflow support | On-prem preferred |
| Accounting & finance | Client financial files, internal procedures, review documentation | Retrieval, classification, draft support | Client infrastructure or isolated cloud |
| Oil & gas / industrial | Engineering reports, technical manuals, operational records | Engineering knowledge search, report drafting, internal workflow automation | Client infrastructure or on-prem |
| Access technology / field service | Service records, site configurations, operational documentation | Technician knowledge retrieval, service documentation support | Client infrastructure or isolated cloud |
| Aviation & aerospace | Maintenance records, engineering documentation, export-sensitive technical data | Technical knowledge retrieval, controlled draft support, maintenance documentation workflows | Client infrastructure or on-prem |
What the client receives.
AKYB engagements are priced as professional implementation work, not as access to a black-box tool. These are the types of outputs clients receive during and after delivery.
Project and technical outputs
- ✓ Architecture diagram
- ✓ Deployment runbook
- ✓ Admin and support documentation
- ✓ Configured retrieval or workflow environment
- ✓ Model and infrastructure configuration details
Operational and approval outputs
- ✓ Staff training session
- ✓ Success criteria and rollout checklist
- ✓ Audit log setup and access model
- ✓ Compliance support documents scoped to the engagement
- ✓ Support handoff and escalation path
On-premise deployments:
hardware quoted separately.
For on-premise deployments, AKYB procures, configures, delivers, and installs purpose-built hardware. Hardware cost is quoted during Discovery based on the deployment scope.
| Deployment scope | Typical hardware | Hardware cost component (CAD) |
|---|---|---|
| Knowledge Assistant | Workstation GPU server: 24 GB VRAM, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB NVMe | $4,200–$7,200 |
| Workflow Automation | Mid-range inference server: 48 GB VRAM, 128 GB RAM, 8 TB NVMe | $7,500–$14,000 |
| Full Deployment | Rack-mount dual-GPU: 96 GB VRAM total, 256 GB RAM, RAID storage | $18,000–$32,000 |
Hardware spec is confirmed during Discovery. Clients with existing compatible infrastructure may apply a hardware credit. Procurement margin: cost + 20%.
Managed Operations Retainer
AI systems require ongoing maintenance. Without it, retrieval accuracy degrades as your document library grows and workflows evolve. A retainer keeps the system current — and hardware operations are included at all tiers.
Stable document corpus, low change velocity.
- ✓ 8 hrs/mo service time
- ✓ 50 new documents/mo
- ✓ Monthly health check
- ✓ Next business day support
- ✓ Quarterly performance report
- ✓ Hardware monitoring & ops
Active workflows, moderate change, periodic new use cases.
- ✓ 16 hrs/mo service time
- ✓ 150 new documents/mo
- ✓ Monthly performance report + ROI
- ✓ Same-day support / 4hr for outages
- ✓ 1 new use-case scoping/quarter
- ✓ Hardware monitoring & fault response
Complex integrations, regulatory audits, enterprise operations.
- ✓ 28 hrs/mo service time
- ✓ Unlimited document ingestion
- ✓ 2-hour response, all hours
- ✓ Monthly on-site review session
- ✓ 2 new use-case implementations/quarter
- ✓ Annual compliance documentation refresh
| Tier | Response time — general | Response time — outage | Escalation contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essential | Next business day | 4 business hours | Direct email to Ben |
| Standard | Same day | 4 hours (all hours) | Direct email + mobile |
| Priority | 2 hours (all hours) | 2 hours (all hours) | Direct mobile — named contact |
Payment terms and professional coverage.
Payment schedule
Projects are billed on a milestone basis to align payment with delivered value:
Professional liability
AKYB Inc. carries professional liability (errors & omissions) insurance. Certificate of insurance available upon request before contract execution.
- ✓ E&O insurance — professional services coverage
- ✓ NDA available on request before any scoping discussion
- ✓ Data Processing Agreement (DPA) included with every engagement
- ✓ AKYB Inc. is incorporated in Alberta
Start with a private AI assessment.
1 hour. No charge. We determine whether the fit is real, what the right deployment model is, and what Discovery scope makes sense.
Book a Private AI Assessment